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Ruckus opened up with a Dia de los Muertos recap video package set to EZ Band’s cover of “Crazy Train”. Stills of Richard Windsor cheating to beat Jim Jaspers and Justine Danek and Bella Jolie celebrating their win over Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey on the preshow gave way to video clips of the main card…
More dissension between Caleb Gray, Justice Davis and Drake Tremble of the Chosen leading to them getting beaten by John Arneson and the Glam Squad in trios action, the newcomers keeping their undefeated streaks going 💀🖤 Pyotr Caviar and Nazir el-Fadal going after each other in a Russian chain match, both men busting each other open, both men whipping each other with the links, but Naz viciously going after Pyotr’s eye to give him an opening to fell the massive Tracksuit Tsar with a Nazquil to get the win 🧡💀 Orion and Malicía Fernandez fighting in a ladder match for the disputed National championship, Orion managing to jump off the ladder to deliver a rana to Fernandez - Fernandez throwing the ladder at Orion to cut off a rana attempt and later on hitting her signature Death Warrant - Orion cutting off a Fernandez attempt at the belt with a sunset flip bomb off of the ladder, then down the stretch countering a MF5 attempt into the ladder with a swinging DDT into it instead, then making Malicía the battered meat in a frog splash/ladder sandwich much to the approval of the Houstonians before climbing up and grabbing the National title - Orion and Malicía shaking hands much to the confusion and disgust of Ig de Catur - Orion sitting stop the ladder, screaming with joy as they thrust their new championship to the cosmos 💀🖤
The second straight title match as Science Fiction Double Feature tried to take the World Tag Team championships away from Hysteria’s Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley - a Pier 4 breaking out during the introductions - Hysteria getting the upper hand early on and showing why they'd passed 200 days as champions, teaming up for a two woman backpack senton on Jane Doe and taunting Collipark’s Jupiter Jones and Benjamin Valentino who were on the floor after delivering it - Doe using the Lady of the Lake to sucker Crowley into a crossface driver, both women tagging out as a result - Cindy Monet bringing some righteous wrath and Rolling Thunder down on Bonnie Agrippa and eventually taking Bonnie down with her Tightrope flying lariat…only for Bella Jolie to put Bonnie’s foot on the bottom rope from the outside behind the referee”s back to save the match and the titles - Jolie and Justine Danek taunting Jupiter Jones and Benjamin Valentino until Lucius Patton came out from the back in his first appearance since Hysteria gave him a Pillmanizing, and while he was on crutches he had additional crutches he threw to Jupiter and Benjamin - with the outside threats neutralized SFDF kept the upper hand and dropped Agrippa with a Doomsday Device, returning the belts back to the College Park Family - Hysteria skulking away from the ring before maroon, golf and white pyro erupted to mark the titles change and SFDF getting the belts for the first time to complete their underdog arc, a visibly moved Cindy and Jane getting raised on Jupiter and Benjamin's shoulders while Lucius clapped and cheered along with the Houston branch of Quality Controllers 🧡💀 The semi main event was the first ever Last Woman Standing match in QCW history and was for the Women's World championship between Lolo Vuitton and the woman she’d cheated out of it at AnniVersary, “Night Sky” Diana Spare - both women throwing forearms at each other for half a minute in a hockey fight was just an appetizer - both women unloading on each other with kendo stick shots - then glass light tubes, both drawing blood - Diana making Lolo pay for missing a chair shot by hitting a pop up Michinoku driver to keep Vuitton down for five - Lolo rebounding with a trifecta of buckle bombs that kept Diana down for seven - Lolo wrapping a chair around Diana's head before hitting a Bloody Shoe into it to crumple Diana…who still got up at 9 - Lolo trying it again but Spare throwing the chair into her face before landing a Black Hole Slam and followed up with a snap Nightfall that had both women down (Diana staggered up at seven, Lolo following a beat later) - Spare landing a buzzsaw kick and going for another Nightfall only for “These Hands” Roy Fade and “Dashing” Pierce Moore to pull Lolo out of it, Moore hitting his Fresh To Death cutter on Spare before Lolo laid out Spare with another Bloody Shoe - Diana staggering up at 9 and waving on all three members of Beast Mode; when the guys tried to kettle Diana she used a couple of glass light tubes like nunchucks to lay out both Fade and Moore before getting blindsided by another Bloody Shoe - Diana went down for the count but combined a nip up with a chair shot that laid Lolo out, a now bleeding Vuitton managing to beat the count at 8 - Spare hitting Lolo with a Black Hole Slam into the broken glass tube shards…but Lolo screaming out in pain as she used the ropes to get to her feet at 9.7 - Spare hitting another Nightfall, then another Nightfall, then seemingly going for a third before powerbombing Lolo from the ring through the English announce table - “holy shit!” chants abounding as Lolo’s twitching body looked like it was in the fetal position, splayed out for the count and making Diana the #AndNEW three time Women's World champion, a bloody and ever defiant Spare borderline snarling as she held up the belt and three fingers 💀🖤 and then, it was time for the other half of the double main event where Omar Littlefield defended the Men's World championship against Razorblade in a ¡lucha muerte! match to ensure back to back bloodbaths - Razorblade coming out to the EZ Band covering “Unscripted Violence” and setting off a barrage of red and white pyro, Mason Savage taking the long walk to the ring with a shopping cart full of plundah eef you weel - Omar Littlefield coming out with the full might of the Republic but sending them all to the back to walk out solo for his World title defense - and with some of the debris from the Last Woman Standing match still around ringside or in the ring, the war.was on - Omar landing the first big shot of the match with a Pounce that sent Razorblade flying, causing him to roll out of the ring after impact, then following up with another Pounce to send Razorblade through the retaining barrier (🪽💩) - Razorblade somehow staggering up at 3 before walloping Omar with the ring bell only to have the cart of plunder shoved into him - Razorblade using that to his advantage, grabbing a stop sign and clocking Omar with it before digging into his forehead with a leftover glass tube shard to bust the World champion open - clips turning black and white, frequently cutting to astounded if not slightly nauseous fans in H-Town - Razorblade dodging getting a bowling ball thrown at him to take Omar down with a pair of massive lariats but Littlefield getting up at 4 and waving the former double champion on - Razorblade cracking Omar over the head with a chair shot, but Omar laughing it off, so Razorblade essentially used the bowling ball to crack Omar in the jaw (yeeesh) - Omar staggering up at 7 to spit blood in Razorblade’s face - a blinded Razorblade eating a tree slam into the apron but managing to kick Omar off and land a flying lariat off the apron - both men exchanging shots before a low blow from Omar and another tree slam, this time into the retaining barrier - Littlefield pulling Razorblade into position for a powerbomb from the barrier through the Spanish announce table only for Razorblade to reverse it at the death into a DDT through the table leaving both men splayed out - more “Holy shit!” chants, both men somehow wobbly but managing to be up before 8, causing Carl to wonder how a human being could take this level of punishment and fight on - Omar managing to grab hold of the World title and blast Razorblade in the jaw with it…Savage up at 8, throwing the ring bell at Omar's face before blasting it with an Altuve level chair shot swing, Omar falling like a redwood in the forest…only for Omar to sit up at 7 and stagger up at 8 - Omar using two pieces of broken table to ring Razorblade’s bell, then tossing him in the ring before reaching underneath to pull out a bed of barbed wire to the shock of the crowd and the horror of Steve - Omar wiping his own blood into Razorblade's face before doubling over Savage and connecting with the Face Eraser into the bed of barbed wire, guttural screams coming out of Razorblade while Steve called for the paramedics and the Surrender Cobras were out in the Toyota Center - and even more so when a bloodied, partially blinded Razorblade untangled himself from the bed and got up somehow at 9.4 to leave Omar's jaw hanging – a jaw Razorblade would shut up with a King Kong lariat enhanced with an arm wrapped in the barbed wire Omar just put him into - and with Omar down and his fist wrapped in barbed wire, Savage starts beating Littlefield down like a rented goalie, only stopping after over a dozen punches - Savage pulling Littlefield up and groaning as he hit The Champ with a spinebuster onto glass light tube shards before letting out a roar and taking Omar up to the top rope for the Soul Crusher - but Omar pulled brass knuckles out from the turnbuckles and clocked Razorblade with them, then threw him from the top rope into the now mostly empty plunder cart - Omar grabbing chairs, broken barricade pieces, the announcers’ chairs, the bed of barbed wire, the remains of both announce tables, anything he could get his hands on to bury Razorblade with it - Razorblade who isn't moving at 8 - or 9 - or 10 - fans gutted, some slumping their heads, a few kids crying - a bloody Omar demanding his belt back - Savage still not moving - on what had been an otherwise horrible night for the Republic, Omar retained the Fifteen Pounds of Gold and they come streaming from the back to celebrate, Malicía and Pyotr looking as sheepish as they get - Ig de Catur making sure to mock Steve and Carl in the decimated announce area before hitting the ring to clap for his most prized acquisition - the recap package ending with Littlefield defiantly holding the blood stained World championship and taunting the crowd - then a saddened Commissioner Holmes watching Razorblade get loaded into an ambulance that drove off into the night.
They rolled the “Invincible” opening with some modifications (more Collipark and the Glam Squad, some Richard Windsor) and a full Cavalcade of Champions before we zoomed into Quality Arena…
But we didn't go to the announce table because Steve Vandeblanche was already in the ring. After welcoming us to Ruckus, he put over the PPV again and said that the match that many people say stole the show was the National championship ladder match that ended up taking another piece of power away from the Republic. He asked the Quality Controllers to help him welcome the NEWWWWW National champion - Orion!
Mastodon began playing throughout QA and brought the new champ out to a big pop, Orion high fiving a few fans on their way to the ring. Once they entered they shook hands with Steve and held the new belt up high, causing white and gold pyro to explode from and in front of the Tron. Once it died down, Steve talked about what a roll Orion had been on starting in the summer; that led to their first win over Malicía, then helping Team QCW beat the Republic in the LockUp match at AnniVersary, and last Sunday winning a barnburner to gain the National title. Steve paused as “Orion!” chants began to drown him out. After Orion waved down the chants, Steve asked what it felt like to stand here with the belt.
Orion began using their voice modulator to speak, only to be out voiced by "YOU DE SERVE IT! 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾” chants. Orion held the belt up again before finally getting to speak, saying that their destiny was the stars and the National championship. Now there were no lawyers, no injunctions, and no excuses: now they were just champion. That got some hearty cheers but Orion talked over them, saying that after Malicía shook their hand Sunday night and they woke up Monday morning having to get this fine piece of hardware through airport security, they knew that this was only the beginning. While they wanted to take the National championship to new heights, they knew as well as Ig did what this title meant - that this belt meant Orion was 10 wins away from being able to cash this in for a World title shot anywhere, anytime - and that meant Omar's days as World champion were numbered.
But Orion's days as the undisputed National champion were just beginning, and they weren't going to hide behind corporate money and a goon squad. After months of shadiness, they would send the profile of this championship into the cosmos and prove to Omar and everybody else on the roster what a real champion looked like.
The crowd popped huge…and then…
🎶 you should see me in a crown 🎶 brought out the Last Woman Standing, and the new Women's World champion “Night Sky” Diana Spare to another massive pop. Spare walked gingerly to the ring, while at the commentary table Carl Christensen put over Diana winning a championship war in her own right at Dia de los Muertos to gain the Fifteen Pounds of Gold for the third time. Spare entered the ring and got a mic from Duck Eko while the crowd buzzed. Spare did a lap around a quizzical Orion before extending her hand. Orion shook it as the crowd cheered. Spare brought the mic up to her lips and said “Congratulations!” to another round of cheers. Spare then surprised everyone when she pulled Orion in and almost whispered “But you're not the only real champion around here now.” That got a loud, mixed response and they stared each other down. Steve attempted to stand between them but they ignored him. Quality Force Security came out and got between them, and as they finally released their grip Diana put her championship overhead, causing another torrent of gold and white pyro to explode on the stage. Steve awkwardly went “Welcome to Friday night Ruckus!” to try and wrap things up, but even as “Invincible” hit the PA Diana and Orion's eyes never unlocked from each other.
As Steve made his way back to the desk, Carl took over the usual duties of hyping the big things to come on tonight's show: the latest match in Serge Batroc’s 10,000 franc challenge as well as a trios match where Sky’s the Limit would take on the Republic. After plugging the Chosen vs. the Game Changers in the main event, he threw things to Duck Eko in the now cleared out ring and the Voice of QCW made the ring introductions for tonight's opening contest…
1. Fiona Fogg (w/Sohla Patel) d. Christine Kent by submission at 6:12 A showcase match for half of International Lotus 2.0, who've spent most of the past few weeks alternating between runway walks around the globe & their QCW tenures. Getting rolled up and nearly pinned by Kent unlocked an anger in Fogg she used to keep Christine down the rest of the way, eventually making her tap out to the Koji Clutch portion of her Crowning Achievement. Sohla had to tell Fiona to release the hold and they both courtseyed to boos after the match.
Before the break, we got a This Week In QCW History segment that focused on two moments: on November 4th, 2008, Drake Tremble’s response to Obama's election got him suspended for 30 days and stripped of the QCW championship. Also of note, on November 1st, 2013, Scott Holmes bought QCW from his father, who wrapped up 40.years as majority owner.
A cut to backstage showed Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey doing a walk and talk as they headed towards the ring - Luz will face off against the woman who overthrew her as the leader of Hysteria when she takes on Bonnie Agrippa next!
2. Bonnie Agrippa (w/Hysteria) d. Luz Cruz (w/Shelley LaVey) at 11:18 As you saw in the recap package, Hysteria lost the World Tag Team championships Sunday night; here, Agrippa tried to dull the impact of the titles loss by getting a hard-hitting win against the woman they ejected from the coven back in March. Things started hot out of the gate as Cruz drilled a John Woo dropkick to send Agrippa flying into a corner right after the bell and merrily began stomping away to the crowd’s approval. Cruz continued to work over her usurper, and early on Bonnie didn't have an answer for the luchadora’s offense. A couple of minutes in she rolled to the floor and got checked on by the rest of her coven only for Luz to wipe all four of them out with a beautiful step up tope con hilo.
Luz got Bonnie back into the ring and continued to work her over, but on the outside the Hysteria underlings had concocted a plan to bring Luz’s momentum to a stop - the three of them surrounded Shelley LaVey and jumped her with no provocation, drawing the attention of the referee. The referee didn't waste time in ejecting Crowley, Danek and Jolie, but when Luz got distracted by the medical staff helping Shelley to the back Bonnie wiped out Cruz with a blindside attack then dumped her on her head with an inverted Exploder suplex. For some reason Jacques Krieger came out at this point in the proceedings, but opted to stay by the Qualitron at the top of the ramp.
Agrippa turned up the intensity, stomping away on a clearly grounded Cruz until it was Luz who was forced to roll to the outside. Still barking at the ref about the rest of Hysteria getting ejected, Agrippa took out her frustrations on Cruz by roughly tossing her face first into one of the ring posts not once but twice. Luz managed to beat the referee’s ten count and avoid getting counted out but in her weakened state she was no match for the sadistic, pissed off Agrippa. Bonnie dominated Luz the rest of the way and put Cruz down for good after two rolling suplexes set up a sheer drop brainbuster, a chain she calls Eclipsing the Light. Agrippa didn't even stick around to get her hand raised after the three count, blowing past a stoic, glowering Krieger as she parted the Tron.
A hype package rolled for the Black and Blue Friday supershow in three weeks. It’ll kick off with a 20 person battle royale (held “Rumble style” for the first time in company history) where the winner gets to try and end Omar Littlefield’s reign of World title in the main event. This special episode will be two and a half hours with fewer commercial interruptions and more Quality wrestling, so make sure you shake off the tryptophan and tune in.
3. Glam Squad d. Hellraisers at 7:13 It looked like the undefeated streak was going to end at the hands of the Brits, who jumped Cole Grant and Freddie Valsada before the bell then dominated most of the match. Ian Cook and Gerry Greene even hit their To Hell With You deadlift German suplex x flying lariat combination finisher…but Grant landed a basement superkick to send Greene sprawling and break up the count, then dragged Valsada to the Glam corner and tagged himself in. Grant came in over the top rope and picked the ankle of Greene before pulling him into a spinning back suplex. Grant went to continue his offensive but Greene landed a desperation jawbreaker and tagged out to his heavy, Cook. Cook managed to land a couple of suplexes and even a suplex throw, but his run of success hit a wall that was a superkick from Grant that stopped him in his path. Grant hit a superkick to the leg that sent Cook to his knees, then a third basement superkick flattened out the big Brit. A recovered Valsada asked for and got the tag; once he sent Greene flying off the apron the Squad took Cook down and out with their Too Damn Glam double chickenwing x flying bulldog combo finisher to put another win on their undefeated streak in QCW.
Glam Squad began celebrating post match, but the vindictive Hellraisers pulled the Squad down from the buckles and landed some cheap shots. The Squad were in trouble until fellow QCW newcomer John Arneson came sprinting down the ramp to aid his unlikely friends, taking Greene down with a spear before stunning the crowd by flinging the massive Cook overhead with an Exploder suplex. The Hellraisers started to regain their footing only to run for the hills as they saw the Glammers now armed with chairs from ringside. “Stone Cold Crazy” hit the PA as the babyfaces took to the turnbuckles to celebrate ahead of a break.
We came back from commercials to Steve and Carl at the desk, who gave us an injury report after all the hard hitting, chaotic matches that had gone down at Dia de los Muertos. They began by noting Ig de Catur wouldn't divulge if any of the Republic members suffered injuries and released a statement earlier in the week saying they were all in fine health after being looked at by his team of specialists. Nazir el-Fadal and Lolo Vuitton both suffered multiple minor injuries but were expected to be cleared early next week. To no surprise, the person most hurt after the PPV was Razorblade, who suffered a concussion in his ¡lucha muerte! match against Omar Littlefield for the World championship. He”ll be reevaluated in 10 to 14 days, but it just goes to show much damage Omar inflicted on the usually indestructible Razorblade. Speaking of Omar and the Republic, they had trios action on the other side of the report…
4. The Republic (w/Ig de Catur & Republic Enforcement) d. Sky’s the Limit at 9:15 Last week’s Ruckus ended with Omar Littlefield getting a non-title win over StL’s Kam Ellis - when he piled on after the bell, the Cooper Brothers had their boy’s back and that drew Omar's crew of Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez that led to a Pier 6 brawl and spawned this trios match as a result. The Republic side had been in three separate wars at Dia de los Muertos and with only Omar successful on Sunday they took out their frustrations on the Air Force alumni. Pyotr Caviar put Ig de Catur’s crew in the driver's seat by eclipsing the much smaller Mare Cooper with a massive running crossbody that underscored the almost 90 pound difference between the two men. Caviar pounded Mare down for a bit before tagging in Malicía Fernandez, and they teamed up to deliver a double chokeslam that rattled the ring. If Cooper hadn't been able to get his foot on the ropes at two and a half, the match would've ended in short order. Malicía landed a few more power moves, enough to start to feel comfortable enough to “play with her food” for a bit - but when she went for the MF5, Mare came around the horn with a standing tornado DDT that left them both splayed out on the canvas for a spell.
After kicking each other away, both of them tagged out: Fernandez to Caviar and Cooper to twin brother DeMarcus. Marc used his quickness to debilitate Pyotr with a high speed attack, landing rapid fire kicks and a backflip kick to set up a double chop. Caviar went to wipe him out with another running crossbody, but Marc showed off his massive leaping ability and avoided it to leave Pyotr splatting across the canvas. Cooper threw some hard chops at Caviar, only to get shoved ass
over teakettle when Pyotr got his revenge. He shot forth for the Russian sickle, only for Cooper to dodge it Matrix style before powering Pyotr up and giving him the Alley Coop while the crowd’s pleasant shock rippled through Quality Arena. With Pyotr's lumbar region fully checked, Marc grabbed the unbalanced former World Tag Team champion and scooped him up looking for a Blue Thunder bomb, but Pyotr managed to outstretch his hand just far enough to tag in Omar Littlefield behind Cooper's back.
Marc delivered the move and hung on for the cover, but not only did he had to be told by the ref he was pinning the illegal man - when he got vertical to ask the ref, Omar hit him with a Pounce so hard he went flying into a neutral corner and recoiled back nearly to center of the ring from the impact. Omar wasn't near 100% after beating Razorblade in the ¡lucha muerte! war on Sunday night, but even so the World champion had Cooper outmanned. With Cooper laid out, Littlefield was on the hop before laying into the Colorado native with repeated Vader Bombs and connecting on a trifecta of them. Kam Ellis and DeMarius tried to come to Marc’s rescue but Malicía and Pyotr ran through them like bills through a paycheck; Ellis got laid out with a MF5 and Mare went spinning through the air before a crash landing caused by a Russian sickle from Caviar’s meaty paw. With no Sky’s the Limit backup to stop him, the World champion put Cooper in the air and delivered a massive Face Eraser; to the shock of no one watching, the crucifix powerbomb DDT got the duke for the Republic.
The Republic celebrated their victory by continuing to stomp out Sky's the Limit, Pyotr responding to the referee’s pleas by delivering a Russian sickle that nearly sent the zebra flying out of their boots. The Republic’s beatdown continued…right up until “Bombs Over Baghdad” hit the PA. Out came the College Park Family to their usual huge pop, Jupiter Jones leading the charge with Science Fiction Double Feature and Benjamin Valentino right on his heels. As Lucius Patton limped out on crutches, the rest of Collipark hit the ring. The Republic got an advantage with their size but Collipark had the numbers and sent Littlefield, Caviar and Fernandez out of the ring. Ig seemed to be preparing a counter attack but Omar picked up the World title from the timekeeper’s area and began stomping his way through the concourse - and while it's built on Ig’s money Omar's clearly the team leader now. The Republic marched out of Quality Arena and ignored Collipark trying to get them back in the ring, so Jupiter Jones asked for the mic from Duck Eko and got it because he's Jupiter Jones.
Jones said that he liked how the show began with Diana and Orion, but they weren't the only new champions in town…so how about some love for the women who ended the Era of Hysteria, the hashtag AND NEW World Tag Team champions, Science Fiction Double Feature! The crowd cheered while Valentino told Jupiter he didn't have to say the word hashtag and Cindy Monet and Jane Doe held the belts up high, setting off gold and white pyro on the stage and another round of cheers from the crowd, who broke out in some “You deserve it!” chants. Cindy got the mic from Jupiter and said that she’d heard she and Jane were flukes - that they didn't deserve to be #1 contenders - that Hysteria was going to bury them but good at Dia de los Muertos. When she was a little playette, she used to say “Talk to the hand”, but now as a grown ass woman and half of the World Tag Team champions, what she had to say was this: Talk to the belt. The crowd cheered while she smiled, then she asked Jane if she had anything to add now that she had a title in QCW. Jane took the mic and yelled out “Posteriors were kicked!”, which got a big pop from the Quality Controllers. Jane held up the title and uncharedtically screamed “WE NOW RULE THE EARRRRRRRRERTTTTTHHHHHHHHHH!” (at a solid .6 Garnett to her credit). The crowd popped huge for that while Cindy looked a little surprised at her partner and Benjamin tried not to corpse. Jupiter treated Jane like cheese in a mouse trap as he got the mic out of her hands and then said before this impromptu Collipark celebrates came to an end, he had something to say. He heard about the Black Friday battle royale coming up in a few weeks, and he was going to enter it to stop Omar's reign of terror and strip the Republic of their last bit of power. Seeing Omar run roughshod was disgusting enough, but destroying the World title was going too damn far. If Omar wanted to disrespect the World title Jupiter and so many others in the back had worked their asses off to hold with pride, then he would see what real disrespect was when it came delivered in the form of a Bolt From Olympus that would end his reign on Black Friday. It would be Omar's title reign that Jupiter destroyed, and in three weeks he’d show triflin’ ass Omar the difference between holding a title and being a legend. The crowd chanted for Jupiter before “B.O.B.” took over the airwaves and Collipark waved good bye for the time being, making sure to slap hands with ringside fans on the way to the back ahead of Ruckus’ last commercial break of the night.
5. Serge Batroc d. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland (w/Robert E. Moonshine) at 7:29 in a 10,000 franc challenge The good news for Ted is that he has tremendous heart and fighting spirit. The bad news for Ted was this entire match, as right after the bell rang Serge charged and dropped him with a running European uppercut before serving up a restaurant quality beatdown the rest of the way. Batroc took sadistic glee in punishing Ted with suplexes, and instructed anyone who would listen at one point that he would show them all how the Boston crab was supposed to be applied. Soon enough he applied it, and dragged Ted back to the center of the ring twice to keep it on and keep Ted from making the ropes. Batroc released the hold and beats later mocked Ted for clearly being hobbled by such a devastating hold. Holland was already in trouble before the crab but he was dead in the water after it, and Serge deigned to put him away with his signature Arc de Triomphe not too long afterwards. On his way to the back, a sneering Serge had two words for us: you're welcome.
The main event is up next but before that, Steve and Carl got in a few plugs for 💫 next week’s Ruckus 💫, including: a location and date reveal for the December PPV | Jupiter Jones returns to singles action against the leader of the Chosen, “the Purifier” Caleb Gray | and Orion defends the National championship for the first time against the High Priestess of Hysteria, Bonnie Agrippa.
All that and more on next week's show, but this week's main event is right now…
6. The Game Changers d. “The Paragon” Drake Tremble & “The Righteous” Justice Davis (w/the Chosen) at 10:46 If you’ve been following along in the Chosen's autumn of their discontent, then you know that the inherent problem for this match: despite Caleb Gray's best efforts, two people who don't get along were up against multiple time former World Tag Team champions and lost as a result. It honestly looked early on like the Changers would make quick work of their mismatched opposition, clearing the ring within the opening couple of minutes and forcing Gray to browbeat his disciples. However, when they returned to the ring, Tremble continued to get dominated for a couple of minutes until Justice blind tagged himself in and blindsided Al with a big Saito suplex to gain the upper hand.
Despite Drake's unwillingness to tag in Justice, it was Davis who began to turn the tides for the Chosen: JD could match power with “Tiki God” Al Buffett and speed with Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo. Davis had the better of Ashley for a couple of minutes before Szabo was able to superkick him down on a corner charge, then followed up with a flying Codebreaker off the second rope. Both of them were down for a stretch before Szabo beat Davis to a vertical base and caught him with a running STSzabo once she got the jump on him, then laid in some hammer and anvil elbows to flatten Justice out. Ashley saw her chance and went up top for Smash That Subscribe Button, only for the Chosen's backup to come into play: Goody Gardner hopped up on the apron to distract Ashley and while the referee shooed her away, Drake shoved her off the top rope. Gardner magically decided to adhere to the referee's edict and Drake's help behind Justice’s back allowed Davis to stick Ashley with a JDDDT.
Justice began setting up his Busiaku knee to end things but Drake blind tagged himself in, causing them to argue. Ashley charged and was successful in wiping out Justice, but then walked into a Halo Effect from Tremble that got him 2¾. On the floor, Caleb and Goody checked on Justice's recovery on the floor while Tremble landed some mocking kicks on Ashley. Davis started to get up and wave them off while in the ring Drake pulled Ashley up and whipped her to the ropes; behind Davis’ back Szabo reversed the whip while Justice reached into the ring. Tremble ended up tripped while Ashley staggered back into the ropes and Al blind tagged himself in. Tremble immediately began barking at Davis, who claimed (feigned?) ignorance. “The Paragon” turned around and got alley ooped into Face Reality from the Changers - and when Davis was a couple steps slow in making the save it marked another notch in the loss column for the Chosen.
The former champions celebrated pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat all the way up the ramp while in the ring, JD slowly pulled Tremble to his feet..and got backhanded for his troubles. The rest of the Chosen began coming into the ring while Tremble continued badmouthing JD, who was too stunned for words until he wasn't and double legged Drake before checking his ring size on Drake's face. The End Times, Gardner and Gray pulled Justice off Drake before separating them to put them in opposite corners. Both men clearly wanted to keep fighting but were also complaining about the other one, Caleb clearly frustrated with both of them failing to put their differences aside. The credit box came up as the Times got Tremble out of the ring while he pointed up at Justice, calling him a false prophet trying to ruin his Chosen family. Justice was still being held back by Caleb and Goody as the show ended.
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